The barn owl is one of the world's largest owls.
The length can be up to 70 centimeters and the wingspan 135-160 centimeters.
As the name suggests, it usually lives in northern Sweden, but in sorrel-rich years it can move south.
Hundreds of spectators on site
Maybe it was the snow or the voles or both, because on Saturday a barn owl was sitting in one of the trees at Kungsgatan in Malmö.
And the birdwatchers were not late to flock to watch and maybe get a new cross in their lists.
- When I walked by, there were probably about a hundred there and watching, says Lasse Flygare.
- I looked up in the tree and there sat an owl as big as a cat.
Vulnerable species
In total, there are about 800 adult barn owls in Sweden.
This means that the species is red-listed and is considered vulnerable.
A couple of the threats against it are the lack of settlements when forests are felled and the trade in rare species and their eggs.